Karl Ludwig Blum

Karl Ludwig Blum on a watercolor by Eduard Hau , created in 1838

Karl Ludwig Blum (born July 25, 1796 in Hanau , † June 28, 1869 in Heidelberg ) was a German historian and professor of geography and statistics .

Life

Blum received his doctorate on Greek history and was appointed professor of geography and statistical science at the Russian University of Dorpat (today: Tartu in Estonia) in 1826 , where he worked for over 25 years. He was u. a. Co-founder of the "Dorpater Yearbooks for Literature, Statistics and Art, especially Russia", published from 1833 to 1836.

Karl Ludwig Blum was buried in the Heidelberg Bergfriedhof .

His work on the life of Count Jacob Johann von Siever , for which he was able to evaluate sources at Fickel Castle (today: Vigala ), no longer preserved today , also became particularly well known .

Karl Ludwig Blum on a lithograph by Alexander Julius Klünder , from 1829

Fonts (selection)

A picture from the Baltic Sea Provinces or Andreas von Löwis of Menar . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1846.
Poems . Winter, Heidelberg 1853.
A Russian statesman. Count Jakob Johann Sievers memorabilia on the history of Russia , 4 volumes. Winter, Leipzig 1857–1858.
Count Jacob Johann von Sievers and Russia in his time . Winter, Leipzig and Heidelberg 1864.
Franz Lefort , Peter's famous favorite . Groos, Heidelberg 1867.

literature

Rochus von Liliencron : Blum, Karl Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 738 f.
Dagmar Drüll: Heidelberger Gelehrtenlexikon , Vol. 2: 1803-1932 . Springer, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-540-15856-1 (reprint 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-70761-2 ).
Carola L. Gottzmann , Petra Hörner: Lexicon of the German-language literature of the Baltic States and St. Petersburg . De Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-019338-1 , p. 247 .

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Individual evidence

↑ Not to be confused with Carl Blum (composer) (1786–1844), a German singer, stage actor, director, librettist and composer, who is often incorrectly referred to as Karl Ludwig Blum, as in Meyer's Konversations-Lexikon in the edition of 1888, in the Tonkünstlerlexikon von Frank / Altmann and the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 2, 1875. Occasionally Carl Blum called himself that.

personal data
SURNAME	Blum, Karl Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German historian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 25, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanau
DATE OF DEATH	June 28, 1869
Place of death	Heidelberg

[1] Not to be confused with Carl Blum (composer) (1786–1844), a German singer, stage actor, director, librettist and composer, who is often incorrectly referred to as Karl Ludwig Blum, as in Meyer's Konversations-Lexikon in the edition of 1888, in the Tonkünstlerlexikon von Frank / Altmann and the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 2, 1875. Occasionally Carl Blum called himself that.